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Annapolis committee postpones fence-permit overhaul after members raise scope and enforcement concerns
Summary
The City Government Committee postponed action on O30-24, a revision to fence and wall permit rules in City Code Title 21, after questions about who may approve deviations, a proposed citywide height limit, and definitions that could render many existing fences noncompliant.
The Annapolis City Government Committee on Oct. 26 postponed consideration of O30-24, an ordinance that would revise fence- and wall-permit requirements in City Code Title 21, after committee members and city legal staff raised questions about scope, administration and unintended consequences.
Alderman Gavin Savage, the bill sponsor, told the committee the ordinance was meant to clarify an existing provision that "fences and walls shall not be located to unduly obstruct light and air from neighboring properties or public ways." He introduced a consolidated "Amendment 4" combining earlier drafts, law-office copy edits and planning commission recommendations, and said the goal was "to provide some more clarity to what I think was the original intention of that code." (Alderman Savage)
Committee members and staff pressed the sponsor on several provisions they said need rework. Legal staff…
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